figures :-)..... Lousiana is the state where 95% of the purple mushroooms come from..... hang out at the local head shope I am sure :delivery: you can get all in info on Shrooms you want ... by chance if you get an inside line on Moral mushroom growing.. I will be eternially grateful for any info,,, I luv them and cant find anyone that gathers them since I left MO

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JP, I think that that mushroom would be very poisonous, it has warts on it and has reddish orange to it. Year before last year I found growing in our field, beneath a coniferous tree, an Amanita Muscaria, looks vaguely similar to what you have, this is AKA as the Angel of Death, Fly Agaric, the one that Alice in Wonderland was munching on, smiling, leave it alone, hee, hee. It has hallucinogenic properties and can make you very sick. Beautiful days, to love, live and share, health. Cindi

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Yup, that would be a fly agaric, not deadly poison, but I'd highly recommend against it anyway unless you want a bad trip. In Europe they can be used as a hallucogenic, but the ones over here aren't quite the same and will just make you imagine that you are dying. :tumbleweed:

On the bright side, I had a whole passel of shaggy parasols, 3/4 of a fairy ring, show up this fall in my front yard, and after a lot of investigation I ate my first crop of wild mushrooms...really tasty!!

I would love to find a stash of morels. I had these once at Emerald's in New Orleans. They were outstanding. Not interested in any mushroom trips and not interested in getting filthy sick, so rest assured I will do my research. I'm hoping I can find a few local folks that I can tag along with that will show me the ropes.

Cindi, that shroom looks just like the one I photographed. Rick, good for you man! How did you cook them?

JP you find a place htat they even THINK that Morals are .... I will find them... I been gathering morals since I was 5 .. man that brings back memories of grocery sacks full of morals. othe grocery bags full of Polk greesn and ice cream buckets brimming with black berries. hunt a mess of squirrls in the morning and polk and shrooms the rest of the day. occasionally a chicken of the woods gold mine. and dinner at the grand folks that evening................ that ENGRAVED memories that I will cherish till I die.

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We have morels growing in the woods across the road from our place. If you're in the area at the right time of year, stop in and we'll go get some. I once found one nearly six inches tall.

As for the one you photographed, I'd stay away from that one. As a general rule of thumb, I have learned that the bright colored pretty ones that say "come and get me" are the ones that do nasty things to you. You can pick up a book on mushroom at you local Barnes and Noble bookstore, or from their website. I got a great one there for a friend of mine. We'd start out turkey hunting in the morning, then go mushroom hunting in the afternoon. (The mushrooms were generally easier to find, and tasted great on our steak sandwiches in the evening!)

Hey Mushroom People , I used to think that the morel was the easiest edible mushroom to identify . Then --- I have heard that there is such a thing as a "False Morel" which is not edible and bears a resemblance to the real thing . Need to learn more before next mushroom harvest . Someone once accused me of being a mushroom .

They said I was a "fun-guy" . :-D ---Burl---

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JPAlthough I dont remember the name of the shroom you posted I do remember what the effects are. Hallucinations, vomiting and bloody stool. Get a good book and take it with you in the field. The better books will tell you what is edible and it will also tell you poisonous look alikes. Many years ago I picked many different types but now just stick with morrels and giant puffballs. In Sept I picked a puffball the size of two basketballs

Yup, that would be a fly agaric, not deadly poison, but I'd highly recommend against it anyway unless you want a bad trip. In Europe they can be used as a hallucogenic, but the ones over here aren't quite the same and will just make you imagine that you are dying. :tumbleweed:

On the bright side, I had a whole passel of shaggy parasols, 3/4 of a fairy ring, show up this fall in my front yard, and after a lot of investigation I ate my first crop of wild mushrooms...really tasty!!

Rick, we call those Shaggy Mane up here, interesting how names vary from place to place, smiling. have that great and most wonderful day, with health. Cindi

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There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee. Robert Service

Is that like, Polk Salad? Remember a post about poke salad, and then the song was brought to mind about poke salad Anny, gator got your granny, smiling, always catches my attention these names for different vegetables, am I off topic, my bad, oops. Have that great and most beautiful day, health. Cindi

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There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee. Robert Service

Hey Mushroom People , I used to think that the morel was the easiest edible mushroom to identify . Then --- I have heard that there is such a thing as a "False Morel" which is not edible and bears a resemblance to the real thing . Need to learn more before next mushroom harvest . Someone once accused me of being a mushroom .

They said I was a "fun-guy" . :-D ---Burl---

Burl, you ARE back, wonderful, have that beautiful day, full of great things to love and enjoy, health. Cindi

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There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee. Robert Service

I started my own morel patch, you buy the mycelium and innoculate your own patch.I also grow a bunch of other kinds, blue oyster, brown oyster, shitake, maitake, lions mane etc. in logs.I innoculate the logs after drilling holes in them and then insert the dowels filled with the type of mycelium I want to grow.It may not be as much fun as hunting for your own but at least I know they are safe and that they will fruit for me, its a sure deal for the most part.Besides the logs look really cool when they are all in fruit.My morel patch should fruit this spring for the first time, at least I hope.